Card-vending machine.



B. S. WALLIGK.

CARD VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1911.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

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BEN S. WALLICK, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

CARD-VENDING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Application filed September 11, 1911. Serial No. 648,815.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, BEN S. lVALLIcx, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and .another whenpassing the display opening;

means for discharging the selected cards; and other improved features ofconstruction.

The invention is illustrated in the annexed drawings to which referenceis hereby made, and is hereinafter particularly described and the novelfeatures recited in the claims.

Figure 1 is a top plan of the machine, the cover of the cabinet whichhouses the mecha nism being removed to expose the mechanism within thecabinet, Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine, the front of thecabinet being removed to expose the mechanism within the cabinet; Figs.8, 4, and 5 are respectively a right-hand end elevation, a bottom plan,and a left-hand end elevation, of the mechanisms detached from thecabinet. Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical sec tion on the line X. X. ofFig. 1. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail of the coinactuated mechanism; andFig. 8 is a horizontal section on the line Y. Y. of Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters designate like parts in the several views.

The mechanism is housed in a cabinet A which may be of any suitableconstruction. The base 1 is a metal plate of suitable dimensions.Stationary vertical standards 2 support the top plate 3. A series ofparallel vertical shafts 5 are mounted to rotate in bearings 011 thebase 1 and the top plate 3. The main propelling cylinders, designated asa whole by the numerals 4, 4 4 and 4 are secured 011 the shafts 5respectively. The 7 cylinders 4, 4 and 4 have circumferential coverings4 of soft leather, felt or other soft and yielding material which willnot mar the faces of the cards. The cylinder 4 has one half of itscircumference covered with rubber 4" and the other half of itscircumference covered with hard and smooth paper 4. Circular cups 6 6)are integral with the shafts 5 respectively. Circular plates 8 aremounted on the base 1 in line with the shafts 5 respectively. The cups 6bear on balls 7 supported in the boxes 8 and the cups, balls and boxestogether constitute ball-bearings for the cylinders 4, 4", etc. Gearwheels 9 are secured on the shafts 5 at the upper ends of the cylinders4, 4 and 4 respectively. Intermediate gears 12 turn on downwardlyextending studs 12 on the under side of the top plate and mesh with thegears 9.

A horizontal main shaft 13 is mounted to rotate in hangers 13 (Fig. 4)extending downwardly from the base plate 1 and is equipped with a crank13 for turning the shaft. A bevel gear 14 is secured on the shaft 13 andmeshes with a bevel gear 15 secured on one of the shafts 5. A countershaft 16 at right angles to the main shaft 13 is mounted to rotate inhangers 17 extending downwardly from the under sitle of the base plate.A bevel gear 19 secured at the outer end of the shaft 16 meshes with andis driven by the bevel gear 15.

Vertical standards 20 secured on the carriage 18 support the cover 21.Parallel vertical card-propelling cylinders designated as a whole by thenumerals 22, and 22 re spectively have soft leather coverings 22 and aremounted to rotate between the car riage 18 and the cover 21. A block 24stationary on the under side of the carriage 18 extends downwardlythrough a slot 23 in the base plate 1 and the block and the connectedcarriage slide on the shaft 16, guided by the slot 23. A lever 25 ismounted to oscillate on a pivot 26 Fig. 3, on the under side of theplate 1 and the lever engages a downwardly extending pin 27 on the block24 to slide the carriage forwardly. A spring 28 has one end connectedwith the lever 25 and the other end connected with the base plate 1, andthe spring pulls on the lever to cause the lever to push the carriageforwardly to cause each successive front card of the stock of cards tocontact with the circumference of the cylinders 4 and 4 so that'the'rotating cylinders will propel the cards in succession to the left.Gear wheels 29 at the upper ends of the cylinders 22 and 22 mesh with anintermediate gear 30 which turns on a downwardly extending stud 31 onthe under side of the cover 21. A bevel gear 32 is adapted to slide onand rotate with the shaft 16 and meshes with and drives a bevel pinion33 at the lower end of the cylinder 22*.

Clock-wise rotation of the shaft 13 causes the gears 14, 15, 9 and 12 tocotiperate to rotate the cylinders 4, 4, 4", and 4, counterclock-wise,and causes the gears 15, 19, 32, 33, 29, and 30 to cooperate to rotatethe cylinders 22 and 22 clock-wise, so that, as viewed from the frontand looking down ward, cards propelled on edge by the cylinders 4 4", 4and 4 will travel from left to right, and cards propelled on edge by thecylinders 22 and 22 will travel from right to left.

Revoluble rubber-faced wheels 34 mounted on springy standards 35 contactwith the cards traveling'on the cylinders 4 and 4 and keep the cardsfrom falling away from the cylinders. A horizontal flat plate 36 isadapted to slide on the upper surface of the base plate 1. A slot 37,(Fig. 4,) through the base plate 1 is adjacent and parallel to the inneredge of the plate 36. Revoluble rubber-faced wheels 38 mounted on theplate 36 contact with the faces of the cards running in succession onthe cylinders 4 and 4 Springs 39 have one end connected with the baseplate 1 and. the other end connected with the plate 36, and the springspull on the plate 36 to normally keep the wheels 38 in contact with thefaces of the cards propelled by the cylinders 4 and 4 and the wheelsprevent premature dropping of the cards.

A rock shaft 40 is mounted on hangers 41 on the under side of the baseplate 1. A downwardly extending arm 42 (Figs. 2 and 5) is secured on theshaft 40.

A disk 43 (Figs. 5 and 6) is loose on the shaft 5 of the cylinder 4 andwhen the card propelling cylinder 4 is rotating, the disk 43 willnormally be at rest and the shaft 5 will turn in the disk. On the underside of the disk 43 is a wrist pin 44, (Fig. 4). A rod 45 connects thearm 42 with the wrist pin 44. A spring 46 has one end connected with thebase plate 1 and the other end connected with the disk, and the springacts to keep the disk normally at rest while the cylinder 4 is rotating,and also acts to return the disk to its normal position of rest aftereach partial rotation of the disk effected as hereinafter described- Aradial finger 43 on the disk 43 strikes against a stationary stop 1* onthe base plate to limit reverse rotation of the disk.

The partial rotation of the disk 43 causes the rod 45 to pull on the arm42 to partially rotate the shaft 40 to cause the plate 36 to slideforwardly to withdraw the wheels 38 from the cylinders 4 and 4", so thatthe with the gears 50 and 52.

card previously held on said cylinders by the wheels 38 will be releasedand will drop through the discharge slot 37 into the hand of theoperator.

A vertical coin chute 49 is stationary on the machine. The disk 43 has anotch 43 which is in line with the lower end of the chute 49 when thedisk is at rest and is adapted to accommodate a coin introduced throughthe chute and standing on edge on the bottom of the guard 48. Thesegmental guard 48 (Figs. 2, 4, 6, and 7) is below the disk 43 and isadapted to support on edge coins introduced through the chute 49 andpropelled on the guard by the rotating finger wheel 47. The finger wheel47 is secured on the shaft 5 and has a series of radial fingers 47adapted to engage the coin which occupies the notch 43 and stands onedge on the guard 48, to slide the coin on the guard and cause the diskto rotate until the coin drops off the guard.

The spacer cylinder 4 and the gear wheel 50 are secured on the revolubleshaft 5. One half-circumference of the cylinder 4 is covered with rubber4", and the other halfcircumference is covered with hard and smoothpaper i or equivalent smooth material. A roller 51 is mounted to rotatein hearings in the base plate 1 and the top plate 3, and has a covering51 of soft leather. A gear wheel 52 is fixed on the axle of the roller51. An intermediate gear 53 meshes The cylinder 4 rotatescounter-clockwise and the gears 50, and 52 cooperate to rotate theroller 51 in the same direction. Springs 54 respectively connected withthe upper and lower ends of the axle of the roller 51 act to normallykeep the circumference of the roller in yielding contact with thecircumference of the cylinder.

hen the roller 51 is running in contact with the smooth surface 4', thesmooth surface of the cylinder will not take the card propelled by thecylinders 4 and 4 to the cylinder 4 and the roller 51, on the contrarythe rotating roller will tend to repel. the card from the cylinder 4;but when the rubber-covered surface 4 comes into action it will engagethe card and drag it across the roller 51 notwithstanding the adverserotation of the roller. The result of the described operation will bethat the cards traveling around the cylinder 4 will 4;

be spaced apart so that only one card at a time, propelled by thecylinders 4 and 4", will be immediately above the discharged slot 37 andin position to drop through the slot upon retraction of the pinch wheels38.

lNhen the cylinder 4 is rotating and there is no coin in the chute 49the disk 43 will be at rest. If a coin be placed in the chute 49 whilethe cylinder is rotating the coin will drop into t e not h 43 and willstand on edge Within the guard 48, and one of the fingers 47 of therotating wheel 47 will engage the coin and push it in a circular pathalong the guard, and the coin occupying the notch 43 will cause the disk43 to rotate until the coin runs off the end of the guard, and dropsinto a box 59 provided to receive it. The partial rotation of the disk43 will cause retraction of the wheels 38, thereby effecting the releaseof the.selected card which will drop through the discharge slot 37 intothe hand of the operator; and thereupon the spring 46 will act to turnthe disk backward to its initial position and to cause the wheels 38 tooccupy their initial position in readiness for the next operation; andthis will be repeated every time that 'a coin is dropped into the chute.

Stationary vertical sheet-metal guides 60 and 61 (Fig. 8) are adjacentto the cylinders 4 and 4 respectively and serve to guide the cardstraveling on edge around the cylinders. A vertical roller is mounted torotate in bearings in the carriage 18 and the cover 21 and serves tokeep the stock of cards on edge in a vertical position with the frontcard of the stock in contact with the cylinder 4*. A vertical guard 62keeps in place the cards traveling on edge rearwardly from the cylinder4 and has a horizontal slot 62.

The deflector 63 is a fiat spring mounted on'the guard 62 and having itsfront part 63 curved as shown to deflect to the left the successivecards impinging on the member 63; During forward movement of thecarriage the cylinder presses the deflector outward and causes the frontpart of the deflector to project through the slot 62 so that thedeflector will not prevent rotation of the cylinder.

A slot 67 in the base plate 1 is adapted to permit the lower part of theroller 64 to slide and rotate in the slot. A slide 68 is mounted toslide in the slot 67. A vertical roller 64 is mounted to turn in abearing in the slide 68 and a slot in the cover 21. Springs 70 connectthe lower and upper ends of the roller 64 with the plate 68 and thecover 21 respectively. The parts are so constructed and arranged thatthe circum ferences of the cylinders 22 and 22 extend forwardly abovethe front edge 18 of the carriage 18 in order that the rear .card of thestock contacting with the cylinders 22 and 22 may slide on edge to theleft on the base plate in front of the front edge of the carriage, andguided by the front edge of the carriage may slide in front of theroller 65 until the left-hand end of the card strikes the stop 66,thereby assuring uniform placing of the cards successively inserted atthe back of the stock.

The stock of cards C is placed on edge on the base plate 1 with thefront card in contact with the cylinders 4 and 4 and the rear card incontact with the cylinders 22 and 22 The rotating cylinders 4 and 4propel cards from the front of the stock in succession, to the left intoposition to be pinched by the cylinder 4 running in contact with theroller 51. Guided by the shield 60 and kept in close contact with thecylinder by the pinch wheels 34 the cards travel in succession aroundthe cylinder 4 and thence to the right in a straight line onto theintermediate cylinders 4 and 4 the cards being kept in contact with thecylinders by the wheels 38 except when said wheels are retracted for thepurpose of dropping a selected card. From the intermediate cylinders 4and 4 the cards travel to the right around the right-hand cylinder 4guided by the shield 61 and kept in contact with the cylinder by thepinch wheels 34 cotiperating therewith and the leading ends of the cardstravel rearward along the guard 62 (Figs. 1 and 3) until they strike themember 63 of the springy deflector 63 by which they are deflected andcaused to travel to the left between the right-hand cylinder 22 and theroller 64 co6perating therewith and the cylinders 22 and 22 cooperate topropel the inserted card to the left behind the stock of cards until theinserted card strikes the stop 66.

Operating as described the machine is effective to display every card ofthe'stock once before any card is displayed twice.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a machine of the class described; the combination of a rotativecylinder having a half-circumference of hard and smooth surface and ahalf-circumference of yielding surface; a revoluble roller in yieldingContact with and rotating in the same direction as the cylinder; andmeans for pro pelling cards in succession to the cylinder.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a rotativecylinder having a half-circumference of hard and smooth surface and ahalf-circumference of yielding surface; a roller rotating in yieldingcontact with and in the same direction as the cylinder; means forpropelling cards on edge in succession to the cylinder and means forpropelling cards on edge away from the cylinder.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a spacersubstantially as described; means for propelling cards on edge to thespacer; means for propelling cards on edge away from the spacer; andcontrollable releasing means adapted to release any card running fromthe spacer.

4. In a machine of the class described; the combination of a base plate;a carriage mounted to slide on the base plate; cardpropelling cylindersmounted to rotate on the carriage and projecting forwardly over thefront edge of the carriage; carrier cylinders, a spacer cylinder and aco-acting roller mounted to rotate on the base plate; a rotative mainshaft; gears connecting the main shaft with the cylinders and the rolleron the base plate to rotate them synchronously in one direction; acounter shaft driven from the main shaft; gears connecting the countershaft with the cylinders on the carriage to rotate the cylinders on thecarriage in a direction reverse to the direction of rotation of thecylinders on the base plate and a spring adapted to slide the carriageforwardly on the base plate.

5. In a machine of the class described; the combination of a base platehaving a discharge slot; a carriage mounted to slide on the base plate;card-propelling cylinders mounted to rotate on the carriage; gearsconnecting said cylinders; cardpropelling cylinders, a spacer cylinderand a co-acting roller mounted to rotate on the base plate; gearsconnecting said last-named cylinders and roller; a rotative main shaft;gears connecting the main shaft with the cylinders and roller on thebase plate to rotate them synchronously in one direction; pinch wheelsadapted to support cards above the discharge slot in the base plate;means for retracting said pinch wheels; a counter shaft driven from themain shaft; gears connecting the counter shaft with the cylinders on thecarriage to rotate said cylinders synchronously in a direction reverseto the direction of rotation of the card-propelling cylinders on thebase plate; and a spring adapted to slide the carriage forwardly.

6. The combination of a base plate having a discharge slot; a rotativespacer cylinder and rotative card propelling cylinders adapted to propelcards in succession above the discharge slot in the base plate; a slideadjacent and parallel to the discharge slot in the base plate; pinchwheels mounted on the slide; a rock shaft connected with the slide; adisk adapted for partial rotation in conjunction with the spacercylinder at the option of the user and a connecting device connectingthe disk with the rock shaft.

7. The combination of a base plate having a slot adapted to accommodatea rotative roller; a carriage mounted to slide on top of the base plate;rotative cylinders mounted on the carriage and projectingforwardlybeyond the front edge of the carriage; a slide below the slot in thebase plate; a revoluble roller mounted on said slide and having itslower end in the slot of the base plate; a deflector ad acent to saidroller and means for propelhng cards impinging on the deflector to guidethe successive cards on edge on the base plate between said roller andone cylinder and in front of the front edge of the carriage.

8. The combination of a base plate; a carriage mounted to slideforwardly on the base plate; a stationary guard adjacent to the carriageand a deflector mounted on the guard and adapted to yield to permitforward movement of the carriage.

9. The combination of a base plate; a carriage mounted to slideforwardly on the base plate; a rotating cylinder mounted on thecarriage; and a spriny deflector in the path of the cylinder and adaptedto yield when the rotating cylinder is in contact with the deflector.

10. In a machine of the class described; the combination of a base platehaving a slot adapted to accommodate a block mounted to slide 011 acounter shaft and to slide in the slot in. said base; a carriage mountedon the block; rotative cylinders mounted on the carriage; a. bevel gearat the lower end of one of said cylinders; gear wheels at the upper endsof said cylinders respectively; an intermediate gear intermeshing withthe gears at the upper ends of said cylinders: a series of revolublecylinders i'nounted on the base plate: a bevel gear at the lower end ofone of said lastnamed cylinders; a rotative main shaft mounted on thebase plate; a bevel gear on the main shaft and n'leshing .with saidbevel gear at the lower end. of one of said last named cylinders; arevoluble counter shaft mounted on the base plate and supporting saidsliding block; a first bevel gear fixed on said counter shaft andmeshing with the bevel gear at the lower end of one of the cylinders 011the base plate; a second bevel gear adapted to slide on and rotate withthe counter shaft and meshing with the bevel gear at the lower end ofone cylinder on the carriage, a lever pivoted on the base plate andconnected with said sliding block; and a spring acting on said lever tomove the sliding block forwardly on the counter shaft.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Springfield,Illinois, this 4th day of September 1911.

BEN S. \VALLICK.

\Vitnesses Mrs. BEN S. VALLIOK; JOSEPH S. THOMPSON.

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